HEMIPTERA IIETEROPTERA. 2G3 



61. MORMIDEA LATERALIS, 



Fulva, aspere puncluta, sublux pallide lulea ; caput nigricans, scite 

 punctata, iobo medio fulvo lobos laterules paullo svperanle ; thorax 

 sirigis duabus lutein glubris marginalibm postice dilatatis, spinis 

 nigris crassis acutis longissimis subublic/uis ; sculcl/um niaculis 

 duabus basalibus magnis upiceque luleis ; segmentum bum ventrale 

 piceo strigatum. 



Tawny, oval, largely punctured ; punctures of the ground hue ; under 

 side and legs pale luteous. Head blackish, thickly and minutely punctured ; 

 middle lobe tawuv, extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxa?. Antennae slender; first joint not extending 

 to the front of the head ; second shorter than the third. Thorax with the 

 two usual transverse calli near the fore border ; two luteous smooth mar- 

 ginal streaks, which widen from the spines to the fore border, where there 

 is a tubercle contiguous to each eye ; spines black, acute, very long and 

 stout, slightly bent forward. Scutelium with a lar^e luteous spot on each 

 side at the base; tip somewhat rounded, bordered with luteous. Abdomen 

 benneath with an interrupted piceous streak on the fifih segment. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings with a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



Allied to M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are thicker. 

 a, Siam, Presented by W, W. Saunders, Esq. 



Australasia. 



62, MOUMIDEA FLOEENS, 



Saturate viridis, lata, aspere punctata; caput ochraceum, nigra margi- 

 natum ; antenncc nigrce, basi virides ; thoracis spime nigne, robusue, 

 acuta, lungissimce, vix aacendentes ; scutelium macula apicali pallide 

 Jlava; venter disco pallide luteo, gutlis marginalibus nigris; tarsi 

 lutei. 



Deep green, broad, oval, roughly punctured ; under side and legs 

 paler. Head above ochraceous, bordered with black and sometimes with 

 black sutures between the lobes, which are of equal length. Eostruni 

 extending a litile beyond the hind coxae ; tip black. Autenns black, 

 slender, full half the length of the body ; first joint green, not extending 

 to the front; third longer than the second, shorter than the fourth ; fifth as 

 long as the fourth. Thorax smooth along the fore border ; spines black, 

 stout, acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutelium with a round 

 pale yellow apical spot. Abdomen beneath with a pale luteous disk and 

 with black marginal dots. Legs slender ; tarsi luteous. Membrane of the 

 fore wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Malacca. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. Sumatra. Presented by W, W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Birmali. From Mr. Wariug's collection. 



